The Impacts of Plastics on Environmental Sustainability and Ways to Degrade Microplastics

Apurva Anand Singh; Sundaram Deepika Bharathi; Samuel Jacob

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-1179-0_2

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The Impacts of Plastics on Environmental Sustainability and Ways to Degrade Microplastics

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Apurva Anand Singh, Sundaram Deepika Bharathi, Samuel Jacob

Summary

"This overview examined the environmental impacts of major plastic polymer types (PVC, PS, PP, PET) and surveyed emerging strategies for degrading microplastics, including photocatalysis, biodegradation, and chemical oxidation. Understanding degradation pathways is critical because incomplete breakdown of plastics can generate nanoplastics and toxic byproducts that are more easily absorbed by biological tissues, escalating rather than mitigating health risks."

Polymers

PE PET PP PS PVC

Plastics and their disposal are the most alarming problem that raises global concerns both from the public and conservationists. There are different types of plastics like Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Polystyrene (PS), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene terephthalate...

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